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      ^ Havmgno works on hand pressing for immediate review , we propose to devote a portion of our space , - this week , to a few poetical seleo ^ . clb eflyIromthe ens of our patriotic anrt ^ rtanate , hut ever to he honoured , bre « bxen-, the men who in 1848 strove to win Justice and Freedomfor Ireland . They failed , Mtwe would rather fail with them , than win ~ mm then- triumphant foes . The following lines , addressed to a lady , were written earlyiri the Spring ofthe present year by one of the State Prisoners : —

      PRISON LAYS . I have not many friends on earth , a i ? m I rude rf speech and mould ; A child of passion since my hirtb , I scorned the coward ' s weapon—gold . I won no friends with honey-words , Andhoundnone witha golden chain ; I spoke ou t truths which pierced like swords , And found truth ' s earthly guerdon—pain . Yet some will seek the storm and cloud , And some will love the passionate soul ; Though dark thoughts wrap it like a shroud , And vengeance cheers it to its goaL And there are some who love me

      too—Though I am rude of speech and mould ; Great spirits ! daring hearts and true , "Whose love was never bought by gold . And here , ha old Ehnainham ' s walls , I think of them with joy and pride , And feel that whatsoe ' er befalls , Their thoughts wfll stiR be by my side . Though ocean-waves the Mends may part , And mountains soar 'tween them and me , The chain that hinds true heart to heart Can fling a bridge o ' er mount and sea .

      And there was one amongst these friends "Who cheered my darkest , loneliest hour ; The sunshine of his friendship blends "With aU the clouds which round me low'r . "Wife of my friend ! these simple lines Rise from the heart , like passion ' s tear ; A grateful soul the garland twines , And grieves to think the flowers are sear . The following lines were written by the person whose name is affixed , whilst wandering over the mountains of his native laud , chased as a rebel by military and police : —

      TO 2 HY WIFE . And what was the world to me , love , Or why should its honours divide The feelings that cent ' red in thee , love , As fondly you clung to my side ? Or why should ambition or glory E ' er tempt me to wander so iar , JFor sake of distinction in story , Prom thee , my love ' s true polar star ? Or , why should I caU thee my own , dear , To sport with the life thatwas thine , Or risk , for aland overthrown , dear ,

      A stake that no longer was mine ? Or , why should I pledge for the faUen , "What only belonged to the free ; Torhadlnotgagedlifeandallon . The faith that was plighted to thee ? And here while I wander alone , love , Beneath the cold shadows of night , Or lie with my head on a stone , love , Awaiting the dawning of li g ht ; My spirit nnthraUed is returning Where free from the taint of a slave , Thy beacon of love is still burning , To light , to direct me , and save . . And she , J too , who watches beside thee , And lores as none others conld love , To counsel , to cherish , to guide thee ,

      To weep with , hut never reprove ; Tcs . she too , is lone and unguarded , The reed that she leant on is twain ; Tet though her trust thus be rewarded She'd love that love over again . Michael Dohbxx . The succeeding lines are from the pen of another ofthe exiles whoalsohappil ysucceeded in escaping from his and his country ' s

      ene-: THE S 02 TG OP THE EXILE . The moon ' s cheerless t & y o ' er the streamlet was playing , "While silent and sad sat the bird on each tree ;_ And such - was the time thata wanderer was straying Through far distant scenes in the land of the free His eye that once blazed when the battle was burninff , 2 f b w scarcely beamed forth a dim light on his smile , And the sighs that arose from the depths of his mourning

      Proclaimed the sad soul of the lonely Exile . Par , far , he exclaimed , from the scenes of my childhood—Prom the ties that endeared me to counfry and home ; And here through the untrodden ways of the wild wood , The tyrant has doomed me an exile to roam .: . Xo kind soothing smile here with- gladness is

      glowing , This care-worn heart of its grief to beguile ; Jfor here is the cup of true friendship o ' erflowing , To cheer the sad soul of the lonely Exile . Themght breeze that blows o'er the breast of the billow , Slav softly have sighed through my desolate hall , Or breath'd o ' er the lute that hangs lone on the willow , "Where ivy has mantled the urn on the wall : Ton day star that springs o ' er the mist of the

      mountain Has looked from its throne on my fathers black pile , Or dipped its pale ray in the stream ofthe fountain , Which flows thruigh the fields ofthe lonely Exile . But never asain will I look on that dwelling , "Where haraonv lived round the spirit of the bowl , And erst when the bard on his harp-strings was swelling Those not . es which aroused every joy of the soul Ah ! never again will my feelings awaken To pleasures that thrilled thro' my bosom awhile , Far , far from my country—and sad and forsaken—Tm doomed here to wander a lonely Exile . Thomas Diixos .

      The following fier y lines—true poetry—are from the pen 6 f the talented founder ofthe " Nation" whose fortunate escape from , the clutches of his persecutors , all true men rejoice at : — ADDRESS OP ST . LAWRENCE TO THE

      IRISH CHIEFS Who were at Peace with the Invader , a . v . 1171-ur chaki . es cavax duff * . Princes , Tanists , Chiefs of Eirinn , wherefore meet we here to-day ? ^ Come ye but to raise the calloid * o'er our country s lifeless clay ? . ..-, ' , _ Come ye here to whine your sorrows forttMJJHs Yourselves have wrought , . Or to swear you'll buy redemption at the price it may

      be bought ? Once your names wcrcnames of honour in the dried camps of Gaul ; . Once the iron tribe of Odin did not blush to bear vour thrall $ . Once the proud Iberian boasted how your royal race But your glory hath gone from you swiftly as the setting sun . And , throughout our desolation , mark ye not God s holy hand , - Smiting us with subtle vengeance for our sins against the land ? t , JiantTc feuds and broken factions , selfish ends and sordid lust

      , _ . ... _ And the blackest vice of vices-treason to our sacred trust ! - Where are all the fiefs he gave you—well to govern well to guard ? ¦ ,, _„„„ Bartered to the godless spoilers—and behold yow iustreward . ., « - ¦ _ ,, «« De solation shall pursue you , and shall pierce you through and through , . Till where woman's tears are raining , princely rag glial ! thunder too . Whim the Stranger came a Stranger , still you gave

      the Stranger s meed- SUCCour when he Sh elter when he came an -Exile , succour wnen ne Whence 3 Smet studentflearning and the right of j ^ -SSK ^ *^ k «*^ the aseandsword ? . q ^ t our kins . And waspeace lie fruit of treason - cbj ^ ^^ enomtn ^ ! a convent lay ^ f ^ ^^ ea ^ dashelter , and the wounded : tender care . ' ¦; . ..- - i _ -

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      Andthe prayers of holy maidens . streamed to heaven ..-- night and day , Like ^ healing incense , burning all infectious sins S ^ Zlnfjew ^ sP ° Uer ' Costless ™> rethan c ^ s ^ zt ^^' i ^^^ ° feSu ? ^ ^ assaa ^; if at times in high See Sith 6 E .-. ?* ^ :, ^>^ Well the savage pirate guarded all the spoil his a crime amassed , . And theisle from sea to centre , trust me , hehadheld It fast . . ,, . .. - ..

      Whenye shi-ink to monks , 'tis seeming monks should , ¦ fih your princely place , And a pcaceful . priest proclaims you , traitors , black _ withfoul disgrace . . Tell me not of leagues and treaties—treaties sealed infaithastrue- ..-.- - , -. AsBlackTRaymond ' s , on the bloody feast of Saint Bartholomew . ^ --- --- - But their King will be your father . Yea , and grant you many a grace— - Gyves and fetters from the donjons of his own begotten race ! Oh J disdain this scheme to mesh you in a net of knavish words ; Thank him as his sons have thank'd him—thank him with your naked swords .

      Still you doubt ! then , royal Xorman , reeking red with holy blood , Come and lead to newer slaughter all your sacrile-, "giOHS brood ; Come in triumph—here are bishops , worn to stone by fast and prayer , None shall question " why you send them Beckett ' s , bloody shroud to share . 2 fay , my children , if you doom us to the martyr ' s heavy crown , With your own dishonour e d weapons strike the priests and prelates down . Better thus than by the stranger , better thus than being cursed With that hideous daily torture—living on to know the worst .

      Andthe loyal wives who love you with a fond and generous truth , Andthe daughters who surround you , with the sunshine of their youth , Drag them to the carnal tyrant as he swoops upon your shore—Meetly you must do his pleasure , nor deny him evermore . . Oh ! forgive my rash injustice , Heber ' s blood is wroth at wrong . And I see you burn to grapple all the ills we bore so long : And you'll league , like royal brothers , till from joyful shore to shore Princely rage indeed shall thunder , women ' s tears shall reign no more . _ .

      Yes ! like brothers ; let the Psalter link his name with fixed disgrace , ¦ Who , when Eirinn waves her banner , strikes for region , clan , or race , ~ Sob for Desmond , § not for TJladh , not for Ir or Eoghain's seed-But for ocean-girded Eirinn , must our gifted chieftains bleed . Moron ' s self-denying justice , Dathi ' s world-embracing fame , Fodhla ' s wisdom , Cbrmac ' s counsel , holy Padruic ' s sacred name—And our dear land that gave us kindly culture , state , and gold , Oh ! my children , need you stronger spell-words for the true and bold .

      Thus you match and over-match them , be they harnessed breasts and backs—Xever Norman forged a cuirass could resist an Irish axe ; And be sure your fiery clansmen , soon shall mock at their array , As the cowards , clad in iron , fly to horse and ride away . And the dull and slavish Saxons , whipped and lashed by Norman hands , Trained to reek the wrongs they suffered on the

      - " breasts of kindred lands ; Trained , like mastiffs in the shambles , at a beck to rend and hite—As the wolves before the beagles , you shall track their bloody flight . Pause not till each Dun and Tower , planted by the ' stranger's hand . Blazes like a "Viking ' s beacon , guiding them from out the landI - Till the last of all the pirates to their galleys shall have fled , Shuddering at the dire GaI-tromba || as the trumpet ofthe dead .

      Thus shall you he free for ever , thus tho promised day shall come , When the children of the Soldier ^ " guard a proud , . untrammelled home ; Thus your memory of the present , like the prophet's ] ny , shall seem , Who , oppressed with fearful danger , waked to find 'twas but a dream . The exhortation contained in the fifteenth verse of the " Address , " has often been poured into Irish ears , hut in vain . From the days of " Strongbow" to the present time , faction has been the curse of the land . Irishmen have been the great workers of then- own and their country ' s ruin , "For while their foemen joined in hate , They never joined in love . "

      The next poem is also from the pen of Mr . Duff ? : — THE IRISH CHIEFS . Oh ! to have lived like an Irish Chief , when hearts Avere fresh and true , And a manly thought , like a pealing bell , would quicken them through and through ! And one seed of a gen'rous hope right soon to a fiery action grew , And then would have scorned to talk , and talk , and never a deed to do . Oh ! the iron grasp , And the kindly clasp , And the laugh so fond and gay ; And the roaring hoard , And the ready sword , Were the types of that vanished day .

      Oh ! to have lived as Brian lived , and to die as " Brian died ; His land to win with the sword , and simle as a warrior wins his bride . - _ To kuit its force iu a kingly host , and rule it with kingly pride , " And still in the girt of its guardian swords over victor fields to ride : And when age was past , And when death came fast , To look with a softened eye On a happy race Who had loved his face , And to die as a king should die .

      Gh ! to have lived dear Owen ' s life—to live for a solemn end , To strive for the ruling strength and skill God ' s saints to the chosen send ; And to come at length , with that holy strength , the bondage of fraud to rend , And pour the lig ht of God ' s freedom in where Tyrants and Slaves were denned ; And to bear the brand With an equal hand , Like a soldier of Truth and Eight , And oh ! Saints , to die ,

      While our flag flew high , 3 Jor to look on its fell or flight . Oh ! to have lived as Grattan lived , in the glow of his manly years , - To thunder again those iron words that smite like * the clash of spears ; , , , , Once more to blend for a holy end , our peasants , and priests , and peers , Till England raged , like a baffled fiend , at the tramp of our volunteers . And , oh . ' best of all , Par rather to fall ( With a blesseder fate than he , ) On a conquering field , Than oue right to yield , Of the Island so proud and free !

      Yet , scorn to cry on the days of old , when hearts were fresh and true , -. ,,.. - ¦ - . If hearts be weak , oh ! chiefly then the Missioned their work must do ; . . Xor wants our day its own fit way , the want is in too and tou ; . For these eyes have seen as kingly a Emg as ever dear Erin knew . And with Brian ' s will , And with Owen ' s skill , And with glorious Grattan's love , He had freed us soon—But death darkened his noon , And he sits with the saints above .

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      t One of the mos t infamous butclienes . recorded in History Was committed bvthc EnS hsii mvader ^ on > t BarUioi ) £ L ..- ' c Tinv Strondfcw , who first set foot in Ireland on Swa ^ Zt oJaoi--Water & rd which , after a resolute resistance , ^ Sn . Xlup tu . To usi ^ the words of Dr . Lela „ d , the S ^ - hy was made a scene of promiscuous carnage , SfilSSSSS of Ireland ; Dathi , last of the Pagan tffi m Suahed warrior ; TtodWa , the greatest law-^ r of Ireland , and founder of her consbtufaoii ; Cormack , « "The war-trumpet of the Irish . J ThVacsccndant of Hilesius ( the soldier ) .

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      Oh ! could you live as Davis lived—kind Heaven be his bed ! "Within eye to guide , and a hand to rule , and a calm anda kingly head ,-And a heart from whence , like-a Holy Well , the soul of his land was fed , Kb need to cry on the days of old that your holiest hope be sped . Then scorn to pray - For a by-past day—The whine of the sightless dumb ! To the true and wise Ixjt a king arise , , And a holier day , is come !

      Turn we now to the humbler rhymers of our own land . Here are some stirring lines from a working man , who has some of the right stuff in him , but he commits the mistake ot writing too fast . Let him mature his every production withr perfect care ,, and be in no haste to print until he has well thought on , j ™ ore ^ a" once re-written , his effusions , andhe will yet win no mean share of popularity . KINGS ARE BUT GIANTS BECAUSE WE .

      KNEEL . ; - . .-Good people , put no faith in Kings , nor merchant princes trust , Who grind your hearts in mammon ' s press , your faces in the dust ; Trust to your own stout hearts to Ireah the tyrant's dark , dark ba » , If yet one spark of . freedom lives , let man he true to man . We'll never fight again boys ,. with Yankee , Pole , or Russ , We love the French as brothers , and Frenchmen too love us ; But we will join to crush those fiends whoftKall : love and liberty ! They are but giants because we kneel—one leap and up

      go vie ! Trust not the priests 3 their words are lies , their hearts are hard and cold , The welcomest of all their flock , ' are fierce wolves fleeced with gold . Rogues all , for hire they prop the laws thatwiai-e us poor men sin , Ah ! though their " robes are & 2 dcA ' . without ,. they ' ve . blacker souls within . The Church and State are linked and sworn to deso-- late the land , Good pople , ' twixt these foxes tails , we'll fling a burning brand . Who fears the worst that they can ivrcak , that lovcth liberty ? They are but giants because wekneel—one leap , and up go we I ' . '• - '•

      Some brave and patriot hearts are gone to break beyond the wave , And some who gave their lives for you , have found a prison grave . Some have grown old with weeping , some fainted on the way , '" . " But Yputh still cherisheth within , the light of a better day . ^ Oh ! blessings on high dreaming Youth , God ' s with the ardent band , Their spirits breathe of paradise , they ' re freshest from his hand . And looking on the people's might , who doubts they bhallbcfrce ? lungs are but Giants because vie kneel—one leap , and up go we J T . Geralu Massey .

      Another of our friends , who also can pen " thoughts that breathe and words that bum , " usually contrives to mar his best pieces by aiming at length rather than depth . In the following poem the author will see that we have omitted several stanzas too imperfectly constructed to warrant publication .

      THE STRUGGLE . Alas ! for thee , unhappy Innisfail ! Thy best and bravest are upon the sea , Or in the dungeons of thy foemen vile , Fated , alas ! to perish miserably , Or ' neath a tropic sun , heartbroke to die On rocks , which are at best but the sea's spoil ; Unhappy land fwhen—when shalt thou he free ? In vain for thee , thy patriots' blood may boil ; Bound down beneath the yoke . Shalt thou much longer toil ? The victims of the basest of the base ; Base as are spies—baser their masters far ; Iloundlike—ye scent when human blood ye trace ; Fit ministers ye are to Russell ' s car ; Whose looks much like to mummied death ' s heads

      are * Who hails his minions , Powell , Jervis , Davis , Dobbyn , Grey . Heaven ' s insulted justice will itself avenge , Fitting for ye the fate of Castlereagh . Powell ! from whose polluting touch even Calcraft shrunk away . And Erin's patriots , ye shall be avenged , By the slow , steady march of moving time . Althougli no cannon ' s point , or musket ranged , In your defence ; when in your summer ' s prime , Careless of those who deemed youivdceds as crime , Ye deemed it but your duty , though it did mar Your fairest earthly prospects ; perish they may-Cherished your names shall be through ages far ; Mitchel , - O'Brien , 51 'Manus , gallant Meagher ! There are wet eyes and breaking hearts for ye , And I had wept , hut hope came to my aid , And bade mc not despair of liberty ;

      Though tyrants have . ' gainst hor their hosts arrayed , . Pointing the glancing spear , and baring the red -blade , Dvcd with the blood of slaughtered patriots dead ; In vain they may invoke the warrior's trade ; O ' er the wide world shall fly the flag of red , Although it droopeth now , it is unconqucred , though betrayed . Yes ! for the red is Democracy's flag ! 'Tis hallowed by the patriot martyr ' s blood , Spilt heretofore on Berlin's pavements' flag , Or later still in Paris , where a flood Poured from the bravest of St . Antoino ' s sons who stood

      True , even to the death ; though shot and shell Rained on the barricades , there , like a stag At hay , against their foemen they stood well , Even women combatted like heroes till they fell . Say—shall Vicuna's fall bo unavenged ? Shall she he trodden down by Croat and Czech ? TJnsated shall the Austrian eagle rage ? How many patriots' blood her wrath may check ? How long her talons rend fair freedom ' s neck ? Shall Windischgratz and Jellachich for ever O ' erride her like a death plague from the east With their barbarian Szeeiuers , shoot and sever The heads of those who fought for freedom?—never never ! Speak , Messenhauser , from thy patriot tomb ! . . Chief of the many martyred ones who fell ; When death became the patriot ' s daily doom ,

      And murders every morn the dark lists swell , And human fiends exceed the crimes of hell , Urged on by Simonich and Wessenberg . \ Speak , martyred Blum ! for all Germany waits To hear the echo that your name shall wake , When in the coming fight once more men their lives must stake . Yes ! eirrhtceu forty-eight ! thy aspirations WercTiigh and Jioly ! and some of thy deeds Brought joy and gladness to the oppress'd nations , Albeit of different colours or of creeds . But still beneath the yoke JJispania bleeds , And Portugal beneath a Cobourg ' groans ; And Poland struck , and struck , alas ' . in vain ; And Louis Philippe ' s " throne was burnt on Paris '

      stones , To enthrone other despots , beneath whom France still groans . Be it , then , forty-nine , thy holy task To free all nations , and to end the work Of Freedom ' s enemies , who wear the mask Of friends , like wolves , who in sheep ' s clothing lurk , ¦ . , And stab her in the dark , and free speech burke . Strike down all eagles , red or black ; yes , all ! Unite all Freedom's friends , that when they strike , All tyrannic and feudal power may fall , And the red flag fly triumphant over all ! - AliPRED Fesseli , ITe fear that 1849 will not see the termina tion ofthe struggle . But , nildetyerandum . ' the fted ; i ? iag shall yet be victorious .

      ' Within the last few months we have received a heap of «» poetical" contributions , almost all of which , Ave are sorry to say , were not worth publication . " A word to the wise sufficeth . " Those whose " poetical" favours we have not noticed ,, will understand why . With a few lines from the pen of . one of our contributors , Ave conclude . ' Of the verses sent by the author of the foIlowingY we give but three " ; the three omitted . verses being riot up to the niak-k . Our poeticaVfriend has selected a g lorious theme , but he has hardly ' done it justice .

      S ONG OF THE RED REPUBLICAN The only flag I dearly love Is the flag of crimson hue ; For none are seen beneath its folds But the brave , the just , the true . 'Tis the banner which the despot dreads 'Tis the symbol ofthe brave ; 'Tis the emblem of true liberty ; 'Tis the'hope of every slave !

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      My own loved fla ? ,-my darling flag , With thee I'll lead the van . Of battle , ? gainst the tyrant hordes , ' :. - To gain man ' s rights for man ! ¦ For what is lifeif Freedom ' s not ? Then who would flinch oi ' fear To strike for heaven-born Liberty , , " Home ^ Hearth ; and all that ' s dear ? Then boldly give it to thebaic ; . . , Ye down-trod of tho world ; And Truth andRight and brave men ' s might , ¦ ' Shall keep its folds unfurled . But mark that you do guard it well , To keep it flying free ; , For ' tis Freedom's flag , that crimson flag , And that ' s the flag for me ! Glasgow . JohnH . Mackat .

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      SUNSHINE AND SHADOW ; A TALE OF TIIE NINETEENTH CENTURY . ' BZ IHOMAS MAUIIS WHEELER , Late Secretary to the National Charter Association and National . . Land Company . Chapter XII . . ' £ ' Come over the sea , Maiden with me , Mine through sunshine , storm and snow ;' Seasons may roll . But the true soul , Burns the same wherever it goes ; Lot fato frown on . so we love and part not , Tis life where thou art , ' tis death where < ¦ thou ' rt not . —Moore . ¦ ¦

      For long the wayward mind may hot take part Inpassion ' s dreams , nor feel the oncroachingsway ; the ardent youth , whose buoyant untamed heart -In fancy ' s fairy regions dares to stray , Not all unscathed , uninjur'd will depart , But soon to passion fall an easy prey ; Imagination may not idly rove , , Through love ' s domain , nor feel the power of love . - - — McstB TheJGsmeralda , commanded by Capt . Wickham , was bound from Liverpool to Barbadoes , and had on hoard twofemale passengers with their attendants , and a planter returning from a visit to England ; she had left Liverpool two davs . after the ill-feted Camden , and had consequently escaped tho height

      or the storm , but the passengers were still confined to their cabins by sea sickness , which is usually the case for the first week of the voyage . On the following day the melancholy task oFcommitting the two female and two male passengers to the waves was performed , at which ceremony the whole ofthe ship ' s crew , and those who were able of the Camden , attended ; Mr . Weeks , captain of the Camden , officiating as clergyman . The next day being vcrv fine and calm , the passengers , for the first time , made their appearance on deck .- Arthur , who had . suffered less , from the effect . of the shipwreck than many of his fellow-sufferers , was leaning against the ship ' s side-when they ascended the ladder from the cabin ; first came a stout elderly lady , the very

      personification of good living and good humour ; she was the widow of a merchant residing at D , ' one of the Windward Islands , and had been to England to assist in celebrating the nuptials of her eldest daughter with the young Lord Cowpcns , a nobleman wlio counted a long line of ancestors , each of whom for many generations had maintained the dignity of the name by decreasing the revenue of the domain , until the title was nearly the sole heritage left by the late lord to its present occupant ; to remedy this inconvenience ho consented to barter his title for the" gold ofthe merchant ' s daughter , and Miss Selina Elkinson had lately become tho Countess Cowpens . and Mrs . Elkinson was returning home not a little elate at the grand alliance she had

      contracted , and the increased importance it would give her at D . The next figure that advanced up the ladder , —could it . be a dream , or was it in reality the imago that memory had indelibly imprinted on his brain , and associated with all the pleasing ideas of boyhood and youthful recollections ? It was indeed his early playmate , Julia North , now Lady Baldwin , who , unable to obtain a longer respite , was about joining her husband , who was to meet her at Barbadoes , and who had entrusted her to the matronly care of Mrs . Elkinson , of whose journey to England he was aware ; and proud was she to accept the ' office of chaperon to the lovely , though apparently drooping and low-spirited , wife of the new governor , Sir Jasper Baldwin . The first impulse of Arthur

      was to rush to Julia North , for he was unacquainted with her marriage , and renew their former acquaintance , but his natural reserve checked the ardour of his feelings , and he awaited a more favourable opportunity of discovering himself ; this soon presented itself , for Capt . Wickham having acquainted the ladies , and Mr . Burke , the planter , alluded to , with the circumstances of the . wreck , pointed out to their notice the captain , purser , and passengers of the Camden , as constrained fellow-voyagers with them , unless , indeed , they fell in with a homewardbound American , rs his instructions did not allow of his in any way deviating from his course . Julia at once recognised Arthur , and greeted him with a warmth that surprised the good-natured Mrs .

      Elkinson , accustomed as she was to hor usual quietness of manner . Long and interesting were the explanations which ensued of the years past since their last meeting . A recurrence to tho scenes of her youth seemed to act as a charm on Lady Baldwin , and Mrs . Elkinson was delighted to see her in such spirits , and unacquainted with her history , attributed her prior dejection to tho effects of sea sickness , from which she had greatly suffered . Owing to his being a friend of Lady Baldwin ' s , Arthur messed with the passengers at- the captain ' s tabic , and being thus continually in Julia ' s company his boyish love was rekindled , but it was a pure and holy flame , unmixed with aught of selfish wishes . Julia never referred to her marriage , and when

      Mrs . Elkinson spoke of Sir Jasper hor answers were cold but respectful . Arthur know not of tho constraint placed upon her affections , but his penetration soon told him she did not love her husband with that devotedncss and energy of which he believed her capable ; he therefore supposed that in this marriage she was guided as much by ambition as by love , and this reflection certainly lowered hor in his estimation ; hut we never dwell long on the faults of those we love , especially when love is as it was with' , him , —a compound of * early association , respect , and admiration . Day after day did he enjoy the delight of Julia ' s company , and though ho evinced not by word or action tho love that was hourly increasing within him , yet , almost

      unconsciously , his words assumed a softer tone , and his eyes a milder glance , ' when discoursing with his heart ' s idol , for such she was rapidly becoming ; an idol to be worshipped in secret and in silence ; at whose altar the votive gifts were sighs and regrets , the offerings of love ' s unfortunates . . In Arthur ' s feelings of rospoet there mingled no thought ofthe difference in their rank or condition in life ; ho a fugitive from justice , she a rich and titled bride . Equally , yea more , would he have loved her had she been poor and friendless , —equally would he have respected her a poor man ' s br . de as the bride of Sir Jasper Baldwin . And Julia , for such we must list to call her—and Julia , what were her feelings ? Forced into a hateful marriage , her thoughts towards her

      husband were a mingled , compound of fear and loathing . Constant intercourse might have worn the edge off this feeling , but absence had strengthened it , and naught but the positive injunctions of her parents , and a dread of the world ' s calumnies , would have prevailed upon hoi * to join Sir Jasper . With a sad heart and fearful forebodings , did she leave her parents and her native shores , and not even the good humoured Mrs . Elkinson could raise a smilo on her wan chocks—her whole frarno was jarred and unstrung . Passion of any description would have boon a relief to her , for listlessness and languor were consuming her very soul . The unexpected sight of Arthur Morton ( appearing , top , at a critical period , when tho exertion of embarkation ,

      and the effects of sea sickness , had disposed the mind to receive anything soothing as a positive boon , ) gave a fresh tone to her mind , and struck a latent chord in the shattered instrument , which again spoke of life and beauty . Arthur , as a playmate , had been a favourite . ; in the long years that had-passed he had never . been entirely forgotten , and in her present isolated , situation the remotest acquaintance would have been regarded as a link between her and the past , ' and a refuge from thoughts on the future ; it was no wonder then that she looked upon him with feelings of no ordinary description , —Ins modesty , his intelligence , and let us not leave out , his interesting' appearance , gave greater strength to the charm ; there were none others to contrast with him , or cast his good qualities into the shade ; and if idleness be tho parent of love , what a host of young Cupids should attend -n .

      long voyage . Yes , gentle , reader , Julia , if not in love with Arthur , had many symptoms of that disease , and time and opportunity were alone wantin " to developc them , and of these they would have an abundance . Let hot the censorious or the prudish blame my heroine . Love in her was no crime , albeit she was the bride of another , —it was the result of feelings as pure as nature ever implanted in human breast : the treachery of her relatives , and the baseness , of Sir Jasper , were the circumstances which caused it to verge upon crime—or rather , should we say , retributive justice . . Let the saint and tho hypocrite rail on—we . write not-fyv ' theirperusal , we heed not their censure ; we picture human nature as it is—veritable flesh and blood—g lowing with warm and ardent feelings—feelings which are apt to overpower the judgment ; but far better is it so than for us to falfmto tho Dead Sea waters of apathy , or wallow in the mire of cold and frigid selfishness . ( Tobe continued . )

      Captain Cook.—A Subscription Is Now Bein...

      Captain Cook . —A subscription is now being raised for the purpose of erecting a Sunday and day school in the parish of Martin Cleveland , Yorkshire , as a monument to the memory of tho great circumnavigator . Captain Cook , in Ms native yillage ,

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      A World On Fitte.—Lieut. Maury, Superint...

      A World on FittE . —Lieut . Maury , superintend dent of the National Observatory , Washington , saysi in a late address . "It may be that there is now , at this very time , in the firmament above , a world on fire . Argus , a well-known star , in 4 ho southern hemisphere , has suddenly blazed forth ; and from the second or third magnitude , now glares with the brilliancy of the first . " Christian Names are so called from , their having originally been given to converts at baptism as substitutes for their former . Pagan appellatives , manv

      of wluch were borrowed from tho names of their gods , and therefore rejected as profane . After tbe general introduction of Christianity , tho epithet was still retained , because the imposition of names was over connected with the earliest of its sacred rites . It is , nevertheless , most incorrect ; since the majority of personal names of modern times are borrowed from sources unconnected with Christianity . With what propriety can we call Hercules and Diana , Augustus and Julia , or evcu Henry and Caroline , Christian ' names ?

      An old i , adt in Iowa , while recently in the woods , was bitten on the end of her nose by a rattlesnake . The old lady recovered , but the snake died . Coroner ' s verdict- " Poisoned by snuff . " "Vert Good . —A gentleman residing in a village not many miles from Exeter , finding that the diminution of his woodpile continued after his fires were out , he lay awake one night in order to obtain , if possible , some clue to the mystery . At an hour when " all honest men should be in bed , "

      hearing an operator at work in the yard , he cautiously raised his chamber window , and saw a lazy neighbour endeavouring to' get a large log into his wheelbarrow . " You're a pretty fellow , " said the owner , " to come here and steal my wood while I sleep . " " Yes , " replied tho thief , . " and I . suppose you would stay up there and see me break my back with lifting , before you'd offer to come down and help me !" The population ot ; the Punjaub is 3 , 500 , 000 , exclusive of . the Cashmerians , ' and some other tribes , who may amount to . about 1 , 200 , 000 more . .-

      A siionr time since a tradesman , named James Fell , migrated from Ludgate-hill to . Fleet-street , and announced the event in tho following manner :- — ' "IFELL From Ludgate Hill ;" under which a wag wrote —; " Oh ! what a fall was there my countryman !" Registering his Vow . —An Irish labourer , sick of the thraldom of strong drink , introduced himself lately to the magistrates of Southwark , and proposed to " go bale " before them to keep the following pledge , ( which he produced in writing ) : —" Take notice that Pother Hogan , of Caslragin , in tbe county of kerri , hear by talks his Oth novir to dhrinke a glass of Sperret , good , had , or indifferent , " only TO K . F . PE DOWN THE VIGETABLES . "

      Wealth no ! Guarantee to Patriotism . —In this last Prench Revolution the . wealthy have allowed their fears to overmaster them , to a most ridiculous extent : They scampered away from Paris with all the disgrace and disorder of a panic—adding one more testimony to the fact , thatthe best supporters of society are not those . who have what is called a stake in the country , but those who are attached b y necessity to the soil . —Eclectic Review . Tue Royal Maternity Institution _ has existed a century , and in tint period has administered relief to 400 , 000 poor married women , Last ^ ygar presented an increase ol 231 cases , It appears that the net cost of a mile of the main line of tho North Western , with 82 lb . rails , and estimating the sleepers to last twelve years , has been £ 9 , 035—or with sloopoi's to last twenty years , £ 2 , 350 per mile .

      Second Personal Names . —Until about tho commencement of the seventeenth century no material . change in the designations of Englishmen had occurred since the days of tho earlier Edwards , when surnames were , generally adopted . John de la Barre , it is true , had become plain John Bavr , and Roger atte Hylle had softened to Roger Hill ; but still the principle of a single Christian name , and a single surname had been maintained throughout . About the period alluded to , the innovation of a second personal name occurs , though but very

      rarely . The practice was imported from the continent , where it seems to have originated among the literati in imitation ofthe tria nomina of antiquity . The accession of the many-named house of Brunswick may be said to have rendered it somewhat fashionable ; and during the last century it has become every year more common . Should the fashion continue , it is probable that at the close of the nineteenth century it will boas difficult to find a UnominaiMl person in this country as it is in France at tiro present day .

      LADY JUNE . Hero she comes with broidered kirtlc ; here she isthe lady June , Singing , like a ballad minstrel , many a gay and . laughing tunc . Let us see what she is dressed in—let us learn the " mode " she brings—For maiden never looked so lovely , though she wear but simple things . See her robe is richly woven of the greenest forest leaves , With full bows of honeysuckle looping up theflowing sleeves .

      See the fragrant marsh-flag plaited , forms her yellow tasselled sash , With the diamond studs upon it , flung there by the river splash . Sec her-flounces , widely swelling , as the Zephyr ' s wings go past , Made ot roses , with , the woodbine's perfumed thread to stitch them fast . See the foxglove ' s bell of crimson , and the poppy ' s scarlet buil , 'Mid her tresses , bright and vivid as the sunset's ruby scud .

      See the fresh and luscious bouquet that she scatters in her way ; It is nothing but a handful she has snatched of newmown hay . . . _ See , her garments have been fashioned by a free and simple hand , - But tell me , have you seen a lady look more beautiful and grand ? Yon old man has quite forgotten what his errand was , I ween , As ho stares with listless pleasure on hor garmentfolds ofgrccn . Busy dealers pause a moment in their hurry after gain , Thinking there is something joyous in her trolling * carol strain .

      Youths and maidens track her closely till her footsteps blythely mingle In the ficlu and by tho streamlet , up the hill and through the dingle . Children fondly gather round her , prying into leaf and blossom , Pilfering , with tiny fingers , jewels from her very bosom . Here she comes with fairy footsteps , cbauntingever as she runs , Ditty words that soothe the mournful , and enchant the happy ones . Hero she . comes with broidered kirtle , and we'll list what Lady June , May be telling out so sweetly in that merry dancing tune . Eliza Cook ' s Journal . '

      Financial -Reform . — Mr . Cobdcn advocates a change in the form of the blue books from folio to octavo , and promises a saving of from twenty to thirty per cent , by the alteration . —[ Humbug !] Family Pekscxal Names . —Tho use of a family name as a baptismal appellation is an innovation of tiie seventeenth century . The genealogist will at once see its utility ; and I would again suggest to parents . the desirableness of inserting the ' maternal family name between the proper name of baptism and the surname ,- ' as James Morton . Wilson , Henry Smith Bradley . I would indeed go further , an < J add the maiden family name of the wife to the surname ofthe husband ; thus , if a Charles Harrison married a Mary Bradshawe , they should thereupon write themselves respectively Charles Bradshawc-Harrison and Mary Bradshawe-Harrison . If vanity unites in the same escutcheon the arms of the wife with those of her lord , ought not aflcction in like

      manner to blend their names ? " This usage is voluntarily followed at Geneva and in many provinces ol Franco ; and it serves to distinguish the bachelor from the married man . . : „ ¦''"" ' . ' , Wem Matched . — Don . Miguel de Bl'aganza ,- tliG ex-kin 0 , of Portugal , has . taken up his abouc a t Bcxhilf , in the neighbourhood of St . Leonards , " where Louis Philippe is his near neighbour . «< May Amah marry his wife ' s sister ? " is a ques tion which can . only be properly answered b y the sister herself when the widower pops the question ( " Well Pat , " Jim didn't quite kilt you with that brickbat , did : ho ?" "No ; but ! wish he had . " " What for ? " " So I could 'a seen him hung , tho villain ! " , Some one on reading a placard of the Opera , in which Madame Dorus . Gras ' was to sing the character-allotted to Miss-Hayes , said ,. " he wondered how the substitution ^ grasd for hays , would be relished in the stalls . " . . '

      A sluttish housemaid exclaimed , when scolded for the untidiness of her chambers , "I ' m sure the rooms would be clean enough if it were not for the nasty sun which is always showing the dirty corners !! ' : ' - - ¦ : . ¦¦ - ¦ - ; . , ¦ : Whoever LooKs'for a friend without imperfections will never find what he wants , We Jove ourselves with all our faults , and we ought to love our friends in like manner . Slander . —The slanderer does harm to three persons at once ; to him of whom ho says the ill , to whom ho saya it , and most of all to himself , in saying it . '

      The Popular Remedy. D A R. R-'S L I F E Pills. 1- Which Are Acknowleged To He All That Is Required To Conquer Disease And Prolong Life.

      THE POPULAR REMEDY . D A R . R- 'S L I F E PILLS . 1- Which are acknowleged to he all that is required to conquer Disease and Prolong Life .

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      Burns , the Scottish bard , designated the tooth-ache " the hell of all diseases ! " Arid he was not- far Wrong . This hell , however , ' is nota " bottomless pit : " PilluptWe cavity of the decayed tooth , and the torturing fires avecxtinpishetl . Brando ' s rinaincl , placed into the decayed spot , prevents irritating substances from reaching the nerve , and kindling that inflammation therein , which gives the terrible pain known as tooth-ache . The substance is used , without heat , in a soft state , and becomes hard in a few minuter , rendering unsound teeth painless and useful for many years ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 23, 1849, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_23061849/page/3/